Dip Dye Watermelon Skirt
One of the best parts about summer… WATERMELON! When we were little, we used to tease each other that if you swallowed a black watermelon seed, a watermelon would grow in your stomach. I may or may not have carried that tradition over to my own kids… shhhh. Anyway, in honor of summer, I made this cute watermelon skirt for Leah. And you’ll never guess how I made it! It’s a tea towel that I made into a skirt and they dip dyed!
I’ve never dyed anything before because I always assumed it would be too difficult. It wasn’t hard at all!
I love how it looks!
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Like I said, I made it with a flour sack tea towel! I love making skirts like this because there is no hemming required! Plus, if we’re ever out and about and need a mess cleaned up, we can just use Leah’s skirt! š
Head over to this tutorial for instructions on how to make the skirt. This method is best for up to age 3-4 -ish since you can’t make it longer. It will depend on how tall your child is. I have tall kids.
To make this dip dye skirt, you’ll also need:
- a bucket
- Rit Dye in Petal Pink and Kelly Green
- salt
- spoon that you don’t mind throwing away
- gloves
- pencil with a new eraser
- x-acto knife
- black fabric paint
Follow the instructions on the bottle to mix a dye bath. I boiled water on my stove to make it extra hot and added salt to the bath to help the color take. You can buy smaller bottles than the ones I got, especially if you are only making one skirt.
Gather the bottom of the skirt and dip the top of the skirt in the dye bath leaving a few inches out. Hold it there for about 10 minutes. Keep in mind that it will be lighter after it’s washed and dried.
Make sure you grabbed those bottom skirt folds really well or you’ll end up with this. OOPS! I was able to fix it with a little bit of watered down bleach. Just sprayed it on the messed up parts and rinsed it well. Better to have done it right the first time though.
Rinse your bucket and repeat the process to make a bath with the green dye. Dip the very bottom of the skirt, leaving some white space between the green and the pink.
Rinse the the skirt until the water runs clear. Throw it in the wash by itself and dry in the dryer.
Use an x-acto knife to cut a teardrop shape into the top of a pencil eraser. This will be your watermelon seed stamp.
Put a piece of cardboard or wax paper in between the skirt to keep paint from bleeding through. Dip the stamp in black fabric paint and stamp seeds all over the skirt.
Leah LOVES watermelon, so you can bet she is loving her new skirt!
And here are more great ideas for summer from my blogging friends. Go check ’em out. You’ll love their blogs!
1) Raspberry Floats by Cupcake Diaries
2) Rhinestone Fireworks Shirt by Sugar Tart Crafts
3) Fruit and Veggie Stamps by Homemade Ginger
4) Strawberry-Orange Popsicles by Whistle and Ivy
5) Dip Dye Watermelon Skirt by Cutesy Crafts
Also check out the painted flour sack towel skirt that I made last year!
And you’ll love this Ruffle Sailboat Skirt too!
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Adorable! Canāt wait to try and make this form my little one.
Adorable
Super cute I’ll try it but I might have to change the tea towel into a maxi skirt….I think it will work but I wanted to ask you….what do u think?
I think that would work and look really cute! I’d probably use a taller bucket than the one I used here. Maybe like a 5 gallon one from the hardware store? Good luck!
These were so cute! I made three for our glamping trailer trip. My two grand daughters and I loved them! Since I needed larger sizes I bought white fabric with a similar texture. I also carved the watermelon stamp from a large pink eraser. The projects went well and were cool and cute too.Thanks for such an adorable idea!
Thanks, Lynne! So glad you were able to make some. I think I need to go glamping… we always go regular camping with my family, and I’m not a huge fan. š
Love, love, LOVE this skirt!!!!!
Adorable! Love it. I am crafting as well (mainly paper) but seeing your project I will do it. Thanks for inspiration.
Thanks, Monika!
This is so cute and perfect for summers!
Thanks! My little girl is loving it!
What a wonderful idea!!! I have a bunch of little princesses š who would love, love, love that skirt. Thank you for the great idea! Gena – ILikeBigButtons.com
Thanks, Gena!
This is SO adorable!! I think my little girl needs one of these š Now, if only I knew how to sew…
You can totally do this! Just straight lines! š
oh so cute!!! I love the colors! Shared on FB, and pinned. thanks for linking up to Create Link Inspire. Emily
Thanks, Emily!
I can’t get over how adorable this skirt is! So fantastic! You are being featured this week over at Much Ado About Monday! Thanks so much for linking up with us!! š
Thanks so much, Lydia! š
OMG! This is so cute Jessica!!! I love watermelon and this idea is just perfect!! Thanks for the tutorial, I will be making one for sure…for my little cousin or for me??…both! š Thanks!
Haha! Thanks, Ingrid! Matching skirts for everyone!!! š
This. is. amazing. It’s super cute! Now I want to make one! Hmm… I wonder if Julie’s little girl is old enough for skirts yet?
Oh, just make one for yourself! š Watermelon maxi skirt!!! YES!
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This is such a cute idea! Where did you get the white skirt from! I will be making this for my little girl! Thanks!
Thanks, Beth! I made it out of a tea towel. There’s a link to the tutorial for that in the post. You could also make a white skirt out of regular cotton fabric. Skirts are pretty easy.
Jessica this is so cute! I want to make one for myself! I loved it so much I just had to feature you this week on the Creative Spark Link Party! Thanks for linking up hope to see you back this week! http://bit.ly/1vvIGjo
Yay! Thanks, Michelle! I’ll be over to check it out!
By far one of the cutest skirts I have ever seen Jessica! Thanks for sharing at The Makers!
Thanks, Corey!
Stopping by from Take A Look Tuesday. Absolutely adore this! I have to make this for my daughter asap. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Melinda!
Awesome job Jess! This has got to be one of the cutest skirts I’ve seen all summer! I really need to try dyeing more of my projects – It looks so fun!
Thanks, Toni! I don’t know why I was so scared of dyeing things. Now I’ve got a whole list of ideas to try!
Super-cute! I was thinking it might be easier to stamp the seeds on before seeing the skirt, while the towels are still laying flat – then dying over the paint. That should work, right?
Thanks, Jennifer. It definitely would be easier to stamp the seeds while flat. I don’t know how the dye would react to the fabric paint, but maybe you can find someone online who has dyed over paint successfully.
This is so cute! I know you hear this a lot – but it’s sooo cute. I really want to make one for myself now. And no, I’m no child š but it looks so great.
Thanks for the inspiration, I’ll pin this.
Thanks, Jessa! I can never hear that enough! š
This is just the cutest! And she looks darling in it. Love this idea! Pinned.
Thanks, Alli!
Soooo cute! I dip dyed a shirt for St. Patty’s day and was so surprised at how easy it was. This is way cute! The seed stamps are genius!
Thanks, Megan. I think I’ve become addicted to stamping things with erasers. š
This is absolutely adorable, Jessica! I looooove it and want to make one for my little girl stat.
Thanks, Alexis! The dye process was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Okay so this might be one of the cutest things I’ve seen in forever Jess, and that’s saying a lot since I read a lot of blogs. So cute!
Thanks, Britni! That does mean a lot! I’m loving how it looks on my little Leah.
Love this!!
Thanks, Glory!
I love it!!!
Thanks, Rachel! š
So cute! My two Grand daughters and I will be making these to wear to our annual summer tea party. We should probably make them for their dolls too! Thanks for the wonderful idea!
Oh that would be too cute!!! Thanks for the comment! š